Agriculture
attracting
students
from cities
Urban students may not become farmers when they graduate,
but they are becoming more interested in agriculture, according to
the dean of the UNL College of Agriculture.
Dr. Ted Hartung said the urban student is becoming more aware
of the importance of agriculture in our society because of the
world's food and population problems.
"These students are finding agriculture relevant to society and
they feel they can help society with agriculture," he said.
According to Hartung, 30 of the freshman class now enrolled
in agriculture are students from cities. Urban students are classified
as natives of a community larger than 10,000 persons, he said.
He said this is about a 10 increase over the last three to four
years. Of the 1422 students enrolled in the College of Agriculture,
20 per cent are urban students.
Agriculture attracts urbanites
The difficulty of finding job opportunities other than
agriculture and the demand to fill agri-business positions are factors
attracting urban students, Hartung said.
Agricultural economics appears to be one of the fields which
draws many students, he said. Food science and technology and
natural resources are other fields which interest the city student, he
added.
Students do not have to farm when they graduate, Hartung said,
but with a background in farming, there are opportunities to
pursue farm and ranch management, he said.
The traditional production fields of agriculture, such as animal
science and agronomy, also attract the urban student, Hartung
noted.
Although students come from cities throughout Nebraska, the
majority are from the eastern two-thirds of the state, he said.
Omaha and Lincoln are the major sources of urban agriculture
students, he said.
High schools important source
H2rtung said the addition of vocational agriculture programs in
the larger high schools is an important factor in attracting students
to agriculture. He said some high schools in Omaha have
successfully adopted these programs in the last four years.
Lincoln's only vocational agriculture course is at Northeast High
School, Hartung said, but all the city high schools have had
graduates go into agriculture.
Enrollment of women in the College of Agriculture also has
increased in the last few years, he added. In 1970 only 44 women
were in agriculture, but in 1974, 144 Nebraska women were
enrolled, he said.
Hartung said he thought urban interest in agriculture would
continue. He said the urban student thus far has been successful
and will be needed to keep the College of Agriculture going in the
future.
"Because of Nebraska's population base, there will be a limited
number of rural young people and we have got to draw from the
urban areas."
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